MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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